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Port Blair, May 8: The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS had a detailed meeting today with the Senior Officers and Technical Team of Electricity Department to review the progress of remedial measures underway to resolve the problems being faced by public due to frequent interruption in power supply and to find out a permanent solution.
The reason for interruption/outages as analysed was mainly due to under frequency/overload as there is substantial gap between demand and supply as a result of prolonged hot season (unlike previous years) coupled with T&D system faults.
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Port Blair, May 8: Under the Mission Shakti Scheme of GoI, the UT Administration is implementing the One Stop Centre Scheme, which provides integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence during distress both in private and public spaces. The One Stop Centres are functioning under one roof to facilitate immediate, emergency, non-emergency services access to a range of services including Medical, Legal, minimum 5 days temporary shelter, Police assistance, Psychological and Counseling support to fight any forms of violence against women.
Read more: ‘One Stop Centre’ Functioning in the Isles for Women Affected by Violence
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Port Blair, May 8: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Lt. Governor, A&N Islands to order at least four vessels of 300 pax capacity and two vessels of at least 500 pax capacity for Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
In a letter addressed to the Lt. Governor, the Member of Parliament mentioned that the shipping services are the lifeline of our Islands but among the ships available at present, for far flung Islands, only two ships, namely MV Sindhu and MV Nalanda are new and providing desirable services to the people.
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Port Blair, May 8: Future Corridor Everest Run 2k23 - a long distance road run was organized by Fit Andaman Sports Association, powered by Thirst For Quest Community, on 06th May 2023 at 0500am from Andaman Club.
Shri Prashish Kumar, Senior Athlete Coach flagged off the event wherein Dr. Sarabjit Kaur Jagpal, Principal Khalsa Public School was the Chief Guest in the closing ceremony. Shri Tapash Mondal (PET) Khalsa Public School was the Guest of Honor for this event wherein Shri K P Mammu (International athlete), Miss Bhavani (National Para Athlete), Shri R. Vineeth (India's only solo alpine style Mountaineer) were the event ambassadors.
Read more: Future Corridor Everest Run 2K23 Organised in the Isles